Advance vs Essex

A side-by-side comparison of Advance and Essex: population, income, housing, and more.

Advance and Essex are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Advance has the higher population (1,549 vs 373 in Essex). Essex has the higher median household income ($63,854 vs $51,583 in Advance). Advance has the higher median home value ($130,100 vs $115,600 in Essex).

Population, income & housing

	Advance	Essex
Population	1,549	373
Median age	39.7 yrs	44.8 yrs
Median household income	$51,583	$63,854
Median home value	$130,100	$115,600
Median gross rent	$689	$625
Housing units	822	259
Homeownership rate	75.6%	74.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.5%	4.4%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Advance	Essex
Population	1,363 → 1,549 (+13.6%)	524 → 373 (-28.8%)
Median household income	$29,353 → $51,583 (+75.7%)	$45,000 → $63,854 (+41.9%)
Median home value	$90,800 → $130,100 (+43.3%)	$76,800 → $115,600 (+50.5%)
Median gross rent	$575 → $689 (+19.8%)	$638 → $625 (-2.0%)

Advance

Population

1,3631,549

Median household income

$29,353$51,583

Median home value

$90,800$130,100

Median gross rent

$575$689

Essex

Population

524373

Median household income

$45,000$63,854

Median home value

$76,800$115,600

Median gross rent

$638$625

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Advance	Essex
Under 5	8.2%	1.6%
5 to 17	11.8%	18.2%
18 to 24	7.9%	6.7%
25 to 34	15.8%	8.0%
35 to 44	10.3%	16.1%
45 to 54	10.3%	22.3%
55 to 64	14.9%	10.7%
65 to 74	9.4%	12.3%
75 and over	11.4%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Advance	Essex
White (non-Hispanic)	94.8%	98.1%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Advance	Essex
No high school diploma	14.2%	22.6%
High school graduate	43.1%	51.5%
Some college or associate's	28.2%	21.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	4.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Advance	Essex
Drove alone	84.9%	97.9%
Carpooled	10.3%	1.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	0.4%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Advance	Essex
1-unit, detached	80.5%	67.6%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	25.9%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	0.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.7%	5.8%

Poverty & households

	Advance	Essex
Poverty rate	16.2%	17.3%
Average household size	2.03	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	31	20
Median year structure built	1976	1977